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Marin Alsop
Trailblazing Conductor
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Gladys Bentley
Blues Performer
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Leonard Bernstein
Composer
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Chaz Bono
Transgender Activist     
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David Bowie
Rock Star
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John Cage
Composer
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Michael Callen
AIDS Activist
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Frédéric Chopin
Composer & Suffragette
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Meg Christian
Feminist Singer-Songwriter
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Aaron Copland
Composer
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Stormé DeLarverie
Stonewall Activist
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Ani DiFranco
Grammy-Winning Singer
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Ella Jenkins
First Lady of Children’s Music
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Billie Holiday
Singer
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Mick Jagger
Rock Star
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Elton John
Musician
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Liberace
Pianist & Entertainer
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Barry Manilow
Singer and Songwriter
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Freddie Mercury
Rock Star
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George Michael
Pop Superstar
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John Cameron Mitchell
Actor and Director
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Frank Ocean
Singer and Songwriter
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T. J. Osborne
Country Rock Star
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Cole Porter
Songwriter
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Chappell Roan
Pop Music Star
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Rob Halford
Heavy Metal Musician
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Jackie Shane
Transgender Singer
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Michael Stipe
Rock Star
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Billy Strayhorn
Composer
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Sylvester
Singer and Songwriter
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
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Luther Vandross
Grammy-Winning Singer
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Chely Wright
Award-Winning Country Music Star
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Lil Nas X
Rapper
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